Month: March 2020

4:09 PM ET Four Brooklyn Nets players have tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced Tuesday. Of the four players, one is exhibiting symptoms. All four are isolated and are undergoing medical care from team physicians, the team said in a statement. The Nets did not identify which players have tested positive. The four
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7:38 PM ET Although it comes as no surprise, Golden Boy Promotions on Tuesday canceled the April 25 boxing card because of the coronavirus pandemic. The show, due to include four world title fights and be headlined by former three-time light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev taking on former world title challenger Sullivan Barrera in
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7:07 PM ET The UFC is still planning on holding its big show next month and headliner Khabib Nurmagomedov is fully on board with that plan. It’s just a matter of where it will take place. Nurmagomedov is scheduled to defend his lightweight title against Tony Ferguson in the main event of UFC 249 on
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6:19 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — A former MMA fighter accused in two Texas slayings is one of two people charged in the death of a woman who was abducted from a Minnesota domestic violence shelter 11 years ago, authorities said Monday. Cedric Marks, 45, of Killeen, Texas, has been charged in Hennepin County
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6:27 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Rangers outfielder Willie Calhoun is back in Texas and will be able to start light workouts soon in his recovery from a broken jaw. The Rangers said Tuesday that Calhoun was examined by Dr. Steven Wiener in Phoenix and cleared to travel before flying back on
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6:05 PM ET Roger Mayweather, a two-time world champion who also found success as a trainer, died Tuesday after years of declining health and complications from diabetes. He was 58. He was part of one of boxing’s most famous families as the uncle of superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr., whom he trained for much of his
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5:37 PM ET The PGA Championship became the second major championship to announce it is postponing its tournament while the PGA Tour on Tuesday announced that four more tournaments through May 10 have been canceled. The PGA Championship, scheduled for May 14-17 at Harding Park in San Francisco, will look for a later date, according
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3:15 PM ET Bitter rivals Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin will meet for a third time, but just not right away, sources have told ESPN. After weeks of arduous negotiations that nearly collapsed multiple times, a deal was finally completed under which Alvarez would face Billy Joe Saunders on May 2 with the stipulation that
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3:15 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR plans to reschedule the seven Cup Series races already postponed due to the the COVID-19 pandemic. Figuring out how to cram the events and the All-Star race into the crowded 36-race schedule could be difficult. NASCAR has already postponed its season until May 9 at Martinsville
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